cataclysmic

English

Etymology

From cataclysm +‎ -ic.

Adjective

cataclysmic (comparative more cataclysmic, superlative most cataclysmic)

Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
- 2005, Edmund White, My Women
  That’s why to be rejected in love was so cataclysmic: one had been judged and found wanting.

Related terms

cataclysm
cataclysmic variable star

Translations

of or pertaining to a cataclysm

Dutch: cataclystisch
Esperanto: kataklisma
German: katastrophal (de), verheerend (de), dramatisch (de)
Italian: cataclismo

Manx: co-leaystagh
Romanian: cataclismic m or n
Swedish: kataklysmisk

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